1 Kings 18:20

Contextual Overview

¹⁷When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, the one ruining Israel?” ¹⁷ It happened, when Ach'av saw Eliyah, that Ach'av said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Yisra'el? ¹⁷ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? ¹⁷ When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "Is it you, you troubler of Israel?" ¹⁷ When he saw Elijah, he asked, "Is it you—the biggest troublemaker in Israel?" ¹⁷ When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?" ¹⁷When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "Are you the one who is bringing disaster on Israel?" ¹⁷ When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "Is this you, the cause of disaster to Israel?" ¹⁷ And when Ahab saw Eliiah, Ahab said vnto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? ¹⁷Now it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is this you, you troubler of Israel?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

gathered: 1 Kings 22:9

Reciprocal: Joshua 19:26 - Carmel 1 Kings 18:22 - Baal's prophets 1 Kings 19:10 - I only 2 Kings 10:20 - Proclaim

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
And he said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Genesis 4:10
The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's [innocent] blood is crying out to Me from the ground [for justice].

Genesis 4:10
Then He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.

Genesis 4:10
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said: Why have you done this terrible thing? You killed your own brother, and his blood flowed onto the ground. Now his blood is calling out for me to punish you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel,.... By messengers, requiring their attendance at Mount Carmel at such a time, at least their chief and principal men:

and gathered the prophets together unto Mount Carmel; the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, but not the four hundred prophets of the groves; for of them we have no account afterwards, only of the former; it may be they were not at the command of Ahab, only of Jezebel, at whose table they ate, who would not suffer them to go.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Local tradition places the site of Elijah’s sacrifice, not on the highest point of the mountain (1,728 ft.), but at the southeastern extremity (1,600 ft.) of the ridge, where a shapeless ruin, composed of great hewn stones, and standing amid thick bushes of dwarf-oak, in the near vicinity of a perennial spring, is known to the Arabs as “El-Maharrakah,” “the burning,” or “the sacrifice.” All the circumstances of the locality adapt it for the scene of the contest.